Roundabout



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ROUNDABOUT.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 6,1921- Patented Feb. 7, 1922 51 EHMA/V PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C.,LEHMAN, OF GANNELTON, INDIANA.

ROUNDABOUT.

Application filed July 6, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. LEHMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gannelton, in the county of Perry and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roundabouts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to games and toys, and more specifically to an improved and simplified roundabout.

One object of this invention is to provide an improved bodily portable and adjustable roundabout which can be placed on a lawn or porch, or in a hall, playroom or parlor, for enjoyment and healthful exercise for children.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved ball bearing which can be manufactured, in combination with the seat-carrying beam, at a slight cost that will justify the manufacture and sale of the device at a reasonable cost, selling price and profit.

Other objects and advantages will be pointed out or implied in the following details of description, in connection with the accompanying drawings in which 2-- Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a simple form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragment-a1 detail illustrating the internal parts of the invention, the sections being taken along the lines 33, 33 of Fig. 1.

F i at is an enlarged sectional view along the line 4--4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to these drawings in detail, in which similar reference characters correspond with similar parts throughout the several views; the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will now be fully described as follows: I

Referring to Figs. 1 and 3, it will be seen that the base comprises two crossed bars 5 which are notched and apertured at their middle portions, as shown at 6 and 7 (Fig. 3), these bars also being apertured to receive bolts 8. A socket 9 is provided with an apertured flange 10 through which the bolts 8 extend, these bolts which rest upon the flange l0 and coaot with the shanks and heads of the bolts for securing the bars 5 and the socket 9 in unity, that is, in rigid unitary structure. The socket 9 is formed Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

Serial No. 482,858.

with a vertical bore or opening 11 in which a standard 12 is fitted for vertical adjustment, and a set screw 13 is threaded in the socket 9 and engages the standard 12 for holding it in its different vertical adjustments. It will be seen that the openings 7 and 11 are in open communication with one another, so that the standard 12 can be lowered to the floor or other surface upon which the bars 5 rest. These bars may be provided with feet 14: of rubber or other appropriate material for preventing the base from slipping when seated upon a carpet, polished floor or the like, and for preventing detriment to the carpet or floor.

'A substantially horizontal beam 15 has its middle portion apertured to receive the upper portion of the standard 12 thereto, and this beam is pivotally mounted on the standard 12 in the comparatively simple and novel construction which will now be described as follows:

A pair of cones 16 are threaded or otherwise secured in their respective positions above and below the beam 15, a lock-nut 17 being preferably employed to secure the upper cone 16 in different adjusted positions, but the lower cone 16 being preferably screwed tight against the unthreaded portion of the standard, and any desired supplemental securing means (not shown) may be employed for preventing movement of the lower cone on the standard. Bearingcups 18 coact with the cones 16 for holding balls 19 in their operative position, these cups being seated in recesses or sockets 20 of a pair of apertured plates 21 which are seated on the upper and lower surfaces of the beam 15. A preferably hemispherical or dome-like cover 22 is provided with an apertured flange which is seated on the upper plate 21, and bolts 23 extend through alined apertures of the beam 15, plates 21 and cover 22 and secure these parts in unity. This unitary structure rotates horizontally on the cones 16 and balls 19, being pushed by a child on the beam 15 or by a person on the floor or ground near the roundabout.

For the purpose of making the device more attractive and entertaining, representations of horses are mounted on the beam 15, and each of these representations is preferably sawed from a plate or board, as indicated at 24;; and this plate may be painted or stenciled in any appropriate manner for making the horse more realistic, to-

gether with the imitation of head-gear, etc. Each plate 24 is preferably morticed or apertured at 25 to receive a tenon 26 of the beam 16, and any appropriate means (not shown) may be employed in connection with the tenon 26 for securing the imitation horse on the beam 15. A childs seat 27 is provided for each plate 24, these seats constituting saddles on which the children sit astride of the imitation horses, while their feet may either touch the floor, so that-they they can push he rotary portion of the device with heir feet and cause it to spin about its pivot, (the standard 12) and when a sufficient speed has been attained they can raise their feet and coast. For the purpose of securing the rotary portion of the device, in'the proper adjustments for children of diiierent sizes, the set screw 13 may be loosened, and again tightened after the standard 12 has been vertically adjusted to the desired extent. Each imitation horse is perferably provided with a strap or bridle 28, and with a pairof rigid handles 29 which extend oppositely from the head portion ot' each imitation horse. 7

The saddles 27 may be secured to the imitation horse and to the beam 15 by any appropriate means (not shown).

Although I have illustrated but one beam 1:3,and one imitation horse and saddle on each end of this beam; it is within the scope of this invention to mount any appropriate number of beams 15 on the standard 12, so as to rotate in unison; and to mount any appropriate number o't seats, or a single seat on each beam 15. Therefore, this invention is not limited to the exact details of construction and arrangement as here illustrated and described, but changes may be made within the stlope of tive ideas as implied and claimed.

What I claim is i In a roundabout, the combination of a standard, a pair of cones on said standard a pair of cups, bearing-balls in-said cups and on said cones, a pair of apertured plates formed with sockets in which said cups are seated, an apertured beam between said plates and receiving said, standard through one of its apertures, an apertured cover for the upper end of said standard, and bolts extending through said beam and plates and cover and thereby securing the platesand beam and cover in unity.

In testimony where I atfix my signature.

WILLIAM C. LEHMAN.

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